Wallace Wallace, accidental football hero, is on detention because his teacher doesn’t like his review of “Old Shep, My Pal.” Detention happens to take place during play rehearsals for a play based on the very same book, because the teacher is also the director of the play. Wallace Wallace, who…

Peter is a normal 12-year-old kid living in a tiny New York apartment with his scientist parents. Thea lives in a mysterious underground world with her aunt. Peter has finally gotten the chance to go on an expedition to Greenland with his father and mother. He’ll get to participate in…

When three kids and their adult cousin are stranded by a fierce storm, their cousin tells a story about a tiny orphaned creature who is trying to discover his purpose in life. What-the-Dickens is a skibberee born in a tin can and adopted by a bird before discovering others like…

by Elise Broach I wish this book existed when I was in fifth grade. I know what it’s like to be Hero Netherfield, the weird new kid who is so easy to tease. This move will be different for Hero, though. She befriends the woman who lives next door and…

by Linda Sue Park Julia and Patrick have to do some kind of project for their agricultural club, but they don’t have enough space to do a typical farm project. Patrick comes up with the idea of raising silkworms, but Julia really doesn’t want to do. The project reminds her…